TodK, a putative histidine protein kinase, regulates timing of fruiting body morphogenesis in Myxococcus xanthus

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 185, Issue 18, 2003, Pages 5452-5464

  Rasmussen, Anders A ^a   Søgaard Andersen, Lotte ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN HISTIDINE KINASE; PROTEIN TODK; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; FRUITING BODY; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; MORPHOGENESIS; MYXOCOCCUS XANTHUS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPOROGENESIS; STARVATION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MORPHOGENESIS; MUTATION; MYXOCOCCUS XANTHUS; PROTEIN KINASES; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPORES, BACTERIAL; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

MYXOCOCCUS XANTHUS;

EID: 0042838161     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.185.18.5452-5464.2003     Document Type: Article

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